For the first time, a primitive movie has been encoded in — and then played back from — DNA in living cells. Scientists say it’s a major step toward a …read more Source:: Science
Day: July 12, 2017
The one trillion ton iceberg: Larsen C Ice Shelf rift finally breaks through
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•A one trillion tonne iceberg — one of the biggest ever recorded — has calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, after a rift in the ice …read more Source:: Science
Creating music by thought alone
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•Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument. They hope that this new instrument will help empower and rehabilitate patients with motor disabilities such as those from stroke, spinal cord …read more Source:: Science
Hormone replacement therapies help breast cancer grow, spread
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•Women who take hormone replacement therapies have a higher incidence of breast cancer, research shows. Now, researchers have linked natural and synthetic progestins to the body’s production of specialized cancer …read more Source:: Science
Planet Nine hypothesis supported by new evidence
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•Last year, the existence of an unknown planet in our Solar system was announced. However, this hypothesis was subsequently called into question as biases in the observational data were detected. …read more Source:: Science